#Improve lighting

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cosmic ridge
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Hello guys I am drawing this piece and its like really urgent cause I need to pass this but erm the color scheme of this piece I can't erm translate it into my art style and I am lowkey panicking. (the third pic is my art style btw) and both of these aren't done 😭

clever ravine
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I'm not the biggest colouring person but I'll still try to write something so you can get some info from an outside perspective. From what I (I'm only talking about the 3rd image rn) the lighting is all over the place. Without any background it enhances the negatives. I've noticed you tried using a rim light but you have done it improperly. I'd recommend you chage up the ligthing and make sure it only comes from the left side. Lighting doesnt fall onto the neck that way. Understand that lighting changes the form/shape of the anything you draw. Use that to your advantage. A neck is a cylinder. So imagine a strong light falling onto a cylinder from the back, its a straight line and not that angular you have. Don'

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t forget about ambient occlusion

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there are like small part inbetween the fingers, light doesnt get into there so it gets a bit of a shadow

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The hand is the focal point, no? then i recommend giving it a stronger form and the colouring on the hand is bad. You have a shadow on the palm and yet light is falling onto it from the left side. so it rather looks like he dipped his hand into chocolate or something else

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if you get what i'm saying